tòspënëmën
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Unami
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From
- /w-/ third person prefix (metathesizes with /t-/, and the resulting /wá/ is realized as /ò/.
- /t-/ : inserted before initial vowel
- /àspënëm/ : to lift it
- /-ne/ : inanimate suffix
Cognate with Munsee úspŭnum (“to lift something up”), Mohegan-Pequot uspunum (“to lift it”), Massachusett ushpunum (“he lifts it up”).
Verb
[edit]tòspënëmën (inanimate transitive)
- (inanimate, transitive) he/she lifts it up
present indicative conjugation of tòspënëmën
| tòspënëmën | |
|---|---|
| 1st person singular | ntàspënëmën |
| 2nd person singular | ktàspënëmën |
| 3rd person singular | tòspënëmën |
| 1st person plural inclusive | ntàspënëmënèn |
| 1st person plural exclusive | ktàspënëmënèn |
| 2nd person plural | ktàspënëmëneyo |
| 3rd person plural | tòspënëmëneyo |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “tòspënëmën”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project